UFC on ESPN 38 weigh-in results: Tsarukyan, Gamrot, all fighters make weight
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC on ESPN 38 fighter weigh-ins, where all 24 fighters on the card hit their marks.
In the main event, Arman Tsarukyan (18-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) takes on Mateusz Gamrot (20-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in a lightweight bout. Tsarukyan and Gamrot were the first two fighters to the scale in the two-hour official weigh-ins window. Each of them weighed in at the non-title limit of 156 pounds.
In the co-feature, Neil Magny (26-8 MMA, 19-7 UFC) meets unbeaten rising star Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in a welterweight bout. Rakhmonov was 170.5; Magny weighed in at 171.
The weigh-took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s card, which airs on ESPN2 and streams on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 38 weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)
- Arman Tsarukyan (156) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
- Neil Magny (171) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (170.5)
- Alan Baudot (253) vs. Josh Parisian (265.5)
- Christos Giagos (156) vs. Thiago Moises (155.5)
- Nate Maness (135) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (136)
- Chris Curtis (185.5) vs. Rodolfo Vieira (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 7:30 p.m. ET)
- Tafon Nchukwi (206) vs. Carlos Ulberg (204.5)
- TJ Brown (145.5) vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (146)
- Sergey Morozov (136) vs. Raulian Paiva (136)
- JP Buys (126) vs. Cody Durden (126)
- Mario Bautista (135.5) vs. Brian Kelleher (135.5)
- Vanessa Demopoulos (115.5) vs. Jinh Yu Frey (115.5)
UFC on ESPN 38 weigh-in results: Tsarukyan, Gamrot, all fighters make weight